Maytag Ice Maker Door Flap Won T Open

Remove jammed ice from the ejector arm using only a plastic utensil so the ice maker is not damaged.

Maytag ice maker door flap won t open.

This will likely resolve the issue. Because the ice may not be completely frozen yet when the harvest fingers try to harvest the ice cubes the fingers bring up icy water that attaches to the stripper. You will hear silence istead of the solinoid sound 2. The dispenser solenoid opens a door flap to release the ice and then closes the door flap once the dispenser finishes dispensing ice.

Northridge ca 91324 1 877 477 7278 tennessee 240 edwards st. If you ve woken up in the middle of the night to the ice dispenser door flapping and the display flashing on your refrigerator the control board in the unit may be the culprit of the chaos. Either the solenoid that should start when you press the lever with your glass is failing. Or the seal on the ice maker flap is imperfect and allowing air to get between it which causes it to get frozen stuck.

Give it a good slam not too hard because you don t obviously want to break it. I have checked to see if any ice was frozen on the dispenser. Cleveland tn 37311 1 877 477 7278. The flap on the outside door for the ice doesn t open so when you try to get ice it is stuck in the shoot and melts.

This ice bridge will cause the harvest fingers to jam. If the ice maker flap is open the ice maker will simply not work. I cleaned the ice off and it still won t work. Set up and maintain your standalone or refrigerator ice maker with genuine maytag kits and parts.

It may come a surprise but this failure is often misdiagnosed. We have the essential accessories you need to install or uninstall a refrigerator ice maker kit or to help integrate your independent ice machine seamlessly into your kitchen. If the dispenser solenoid is defective the dispenser door won t open. Hiya when the ice maker will not allow the made ice to drop into your glass this means either of two problems.

California 19410 business ctr dr. To determine if the dispenser door solenoid is defective use a multimeter to test it for continuity.